Public Safety committee  I'd be happy to oblige.

Public Safety committee  This is very exceptional. I can provide the committee with figures if you wish, but it is very exceptional. I have a paper here that says offenders on parole are responsible for not even 1% or 2% of murders over the years in Canada. When there's an event like that, and it's sad w

Public Safety committee  What we're looking for are the risk factors. We cannot change a person to become a completely new man or a new woman. We want people who can function in our society. Nobody is perfect, including me, but I do function in society. We hope that's what we will achieve. What we are do

Public Safety committee  As I think you know, we don't make decisions about statutory release; that's by statute and by law. The only thing we do is, if the Correctional Services of Canada recommends some conditions, decide whether these conditions are necessary and reasonable in having a gradual reinser

Public Safety committee  The board is no longer at 340 Laurier. We've moved to 410 Laurier West.

Public Safety committee  The board is part of a certain committee that talks more about policy issues. We're not involved in anything other than what is mandated by law, which is making decisions about parole. So it's a different situation.

Public Safety committee  We have a national office, but our main activities are all in the regions. We are divided into five regions, the same as my colleague talked about. We have one office in each region, and the prairie region has two offices, one in Saskatoon and one in Edmonton. Our board members,

Public Safety committee  No, I don't believe so. There may be some. I can look into it and try to give that to you.

Public Safety committee  We report to the Minister of Public Safety, Mr. Day. The board is an independent tribunal. I would say that we report directly to the minister administratively speaking, but in our decision-making we're an independent tribunal.

Public Safety committee  What he is talking about is the parole file. What I'm talking about is the actual person who is in the penetentiary and who would go on day or full parole, and also about those who go on statutory release. I don't want to mislead either Mr. Ménard or the members of this committ

Public Safety committee  Yes, they're on the website. I can give you a copy too; there's no problem.

Public Safety committee  We have had that process since the end of 1994, in 1994-95.

Public Safety committee  Yes, they are.

Public Safety committee  No, you can apply as part-time or you can apply as full-time, or you can apply for both and be on both lists.

Public Safety committee  It does happen, yes.